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          (c) In furtherance of this Release, Brewer hereby covenants forever not to assert, file,prosecute, commence, or institute (or sponsor or purposely facilitate any person in connection withthe foregoing) any complaint or lawsuit or any legal, equitable, arbitral or administrativeproceeding of any nature against any of the Released Parties in connection with any Claims releasedin this paragraph 3(a) and (b), and represents and warrants that no other person or entity hasinitiated or, to the extent within his control, will initiate any such proceeding on his behalf,and that if such a proceeding is initiated, Brewer and the other Brewer Parties shall accept nobenefit therefrom.     4. Acknowledgment. Brewer acknowledges that, by entering into this Release, theCompany does not admit to the existence of, or any claim of, any wrongdoing in connection withBrewer’s alleged consulting arrangement with the Company, and that this Release is intended as acompromise of any and all Claims Brewer has or may have against the Released Parties as of the dateBrewer signs this Release, including, but not limited to, any Claims Brewer has alleged against theReleased Parties relating to any alleged consulting agreement or arrangement that Brewer may havehad with the Company or any representative or agent thereof. Brewer further acknowledges that theconsideration paid hereunder will be treated as compensation to Brewer for income tax purposes.Brewer further acknowledges that Brewer has consulted with his counsel and carefully read thisRelease and understands its final and binding effect.     5. Applicable Law. This Release shall be construed and interpreted pursuant to thelaws of Texas without regard to any choice of law provisions thereof.     6. Severability. Each part, term, or provision of this Release is severable from theothers. In the event that any provision of this Release, or the application thereof to anycircumstance, is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceablein any respect under present or future laws, such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision shallbe fully severable; and this Release shall then be construed and enforced as if such invalid,illegal or unenforceable provision had not been contained in this Release; and the remainingprovisions of this Release shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by theillegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Release. Furthermore, inlieu of each such illegal, invalid, or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically,as part of this Release, a provision as similar in terms to such illegal, invalid or unenforceableprovision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable.     7. Advice to Consult Counsel. The Company hereby advises Brewer to consult with anattorney prior to executing this Release.     8. Counterparts. This Release may be executed in one or more counterparts, each ofwhich will be deemed to be an original copy of this Release, and all of which, when taken together,shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Release.[*Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank*]
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     **TOREADOR RESOURCES CORPORATION**       By: /s/ Nigel Lovett       Name: Nigel Lovett  Title: President and CEO       **DAVID M. BREWER**       /s/ David M. Brewer     
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